Machine for enameling moldings



' PATENTBD DEC. 18, I186.

` G. Boos. MACHINE FOR ENAMELING MOLDINGS.

,M MW@ PETERS co. PNOTQUTND., wAsmNmoN D c UNT GABRIEL BOOS, OF NEW'YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR ENAMELING MOLDINGS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL Boos, of New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for EnamelingMoldings; and I hereby de- Clare that the following is a full and exactdescription of the same, reference being' had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure I represents a longitudinal section. Fig. II a back end view.Fig. III a front end view and Fig. IV a top view o-f my machine.

Similar letters refer to similar' parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of an enamelingmachine which can readily be altered so as to suit any width ofmoldings, and to combine guides and brushes with the same, the formerfor the purpose of guiding the machine on the molding itself and thelatter to produce an even and smooth surface, necessary for gilding thesame afterward.

In the accompanying drawing A represents the handle by which the machineis moved over the wood or molding, having a suitable knife or cutter Battached, by which the required shape is given to the surface of themolding, in the usual manner.

To the handle or frontpiece A two side frames C, C, are attached, and soarranged that the same may be placed near together or farther apart,according to the width of the molding which is to be enameled. On thetop of these side frames, C, a reservoir D is placed to contain thecomposition, and provided with an opening, n, in the bottom, covered bya slide, E, whereby the size of this opening may be regulated or closedup altogether.

At the after end of the side frames and near the end of the machine oneor more brushes F are placed on a bolt, N. Near the bottom of these sideframes, C, and on their inner sides, guiding pieces, J, J are attachedby means of screws or bolts m, m, and so arranged, as to be able to bemoved up or down to suit the size and description of the molding. Thereservoir D being filled with the required composition, and the properknife or cutter B being attached to the front piece A, the guides J, J,are neXt regulated so as to slide easily over the moldmg.

Then the slide E is moved so as to admit the necessary amount ofcomposition, to fall upon the molding the guides J, J, will act toregulate the motion of the machine over the molding, the knife or cutterB will scrape off any excess of composition which may fall upon themolding, and give to the surface of the same the required shape, whilethe brushes F, which accommodate themselves easily to any surface willproduce a polish on the enamel with which the molding has been coveredand which is very essential for the purpose of gilding the samehereafter. By the use of the guides, J, I dispense with any particulartable to fasten the molding upon, preparatory of enameling the same, andam able to follow thereby any uneven ness or small and easy bends whichmay be in the molding. When the machine is required for wider moldingsthe side frames, C, are placed farther apart for which purpose a longslot, 2o, is made in the front piece A and either, another' brush N tomake up the required width, or a new brush, as wide as the molding isplaced on the same. The upper part of the brush F acts at the same timeas a distance piece for the side frames C, C, at their after end.

IVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis-A The arrangement and construction of the front piece A and sideframes C, C, in combination with the guide pieces J, J, for the purposeof changing the machine easily to any width of molding, as well as tomake thereby the surface of the molding to actas guide for the machine,substantially as described.

GABRIEL BOOS. Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, JULIAN KEEN.

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